Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$199	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$553
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	69	43
😀 Quality of life	49	64
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.08M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 43% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8870th and 6565th ($442 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6313th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan

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	Islamabad	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$5487

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512